Justin Ryan Gould is charged with sexual interference, sexual assault and administering a noxious thing, a pill, with intent to cause bodily harm.

The offences are alleged to have occurred last December in Eskasoni and involve a teenage girl.

Gould is also charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and two counts of trafficking. The drugs involved are marijuana and Temazepam — a drug used to treat insomnia. Those offences are also alleged to have occurred last December.